El Salvador

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Salvador (literally “The Saviour”). Named in honor of Jesus Christ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔɹ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

El Salvador

2. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of El Salvador.
   • 2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele, according to State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone.

3. Places in the Philippines:
   1. A barangay of Carmen, Bohol, Philippines.
   2. A barangay of Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.
   3. A city in Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

      Coordinate terms: Alubijid, Balingasag, Balingoan, Binuangan, Claveria, El Salvador, Gingoog, Gitagum, Initao, Jasaan, Kinoguitan, Lagonglong, Laguindingan, Libertad, Lugait, Magsaysay, Manticao, Medina, Naawan, Opol, Salay, Sugbongcogon, Tagoloan, Talisayan, Villanueva — cities and municipalities of Misamis Oriental

   4. A barangay of New Corella, Davao del Norte, Philippines.

Derived terms

• Republic of El Salvador

Translations

country in Central America

• Afrikaans: El Salvador
• Albanian: Salvador m (indefinite), Salvadori m (definite)
• Amharic: ኤል ሳልቫዶር (ʾel salvador)
• Arabic: السَّلْفَادُور f (as-salfādōr), السَّلْفَادُور f (as-salvādōr)

  Hijazi Arabic: السلفادور f (as-salfādōr, as-salvādōr)

• Armenian: Սալվադոր (Salvador)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: Salvador (az)
• Belarusian: Сальвадо́р m (Salʹvadór)
• Bengali: এল সালভাদোর (bn) (el śalbhadōr)
• Breton: Salvador
• Bulgarian: Салвадо́р m (Salvadór)
• Burmese: အယ်ဆာဗေဒို (aihcabedui)
• Catalan: El Salvador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾瓦多 / 萨尔瓦多 (zh) (Sà'ěrwǎduō)

• Czech: Salvádor m, Salvador (cs) m
• Danish: El Salvador (da) n
• Dhivehi: އެލްސެލްވަޑޯރު (elselvaḍōru)
• Dutch: El Salvador (nl) n
• Esperanto: Salvadoro (eo)
• Estonian: El Salvador (et), Salvador (et) (rare)
• Finnish: El Salvador (fi)
• French: Salvador (fr) m, El Salvador (fr) m
• Galician: O Salvador (gl) m
• Georgian: სალვადორი (ka) (salvadori)
• German: El Salvador (de) n
• Greek: Ελ Σαλβαδόρ (el) n (El Salvadór)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hausa: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אֶל סַלְוָדוֹר f (el salvadór)
• Hindi: अल साल्वाडोर (hi) m (al sālvāḍor)
• Hungarian: El Salvador (hu), Salvador (hu)
• Icelandic: El Salvador (is) n
• Indonesian: El Salvador (id)
• Interlingua: El Salvador
• Irish: An tSalvadóir m
• Italian: El Salvador (it) m
• Japanese: エルサルバドル (ja) (Eru Sarubadoru)
• Kannada: ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ (kn) (el sālvaḍār)
• Kazakh: Сальвадор (kk) (Salvador)
• Khmer: អែលសាល់វ៉ាឌ័រ (km) (ʼaelsalvaadɔə)
• Korean: 엘살바도르 (ko) (Elsalbadoreu), 엘쌀바도르 (ko) (Elssalbadoreu) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێلسالڤادۆر (êlsalvador)

  Northern Kurdish: El Salvador (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Сальвадор (Salvador)
• Lao: ຊານວາດໍ (sān wā dǭ)
• Latvian: Salvadora (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Salvadoras (lt) m
• Macedonian: Ел Салва́дор m (El Salvádor), Салва́дор m (Salvádor)
• Malayalam: എൽ സാൽവദോർ (el sālvadōṟ)
• Marathi: एल साल्वादोर (el sālvādor)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сальвадор (Salʹvador)

• Norman: El Salvador m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: El Salvador n

• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Oromo: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: سالوادور m (sālwādor)
• Persian: السالوادور (elsâlvâdor)
• Pipil: Kuskatan
• Polish: Salwador (pl) m
• Portuguese: Salvador (pt) m (Portugal), El Salvador (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ (pa) (sālvādor)
• Romanian: El Salvador (ro) n
• Russian: Сальвадо́р (ru) m (Salʹvadór)
• Samogitian: Salvaduors
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Са̀лва̄дор m

  Roman: Sàlvādor (sh) m

• Sicilian: El Salvador m, U Sarbaturi m
• Sinhalese: එල් සැල්වදෝරය (el sælwadōraya)
• Slovak: Salvádor m
• Slovene: Salvador m
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: El Salvador (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: El Salvador
• Swahili: El Salvador (sw)
• Swedish: El Salvador (sv) n
• Tagalog: El Salbador
• Tajik: Салвадор (Salvador)
• Tamil: எல் சால்வடோர் (el cālvaṭōr)
• Tatar: Сальвадор (Sal’wador)
• Telugu: ఎల్ సాల్వడోర్ (te) (el sālvaḍōr)
• Thai: เอลซัลวาดอร์ (th) (eo-sao-waa-dɔɔ)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tigrinya: ኤል ሳልቫዶር (ʾel salvador)
• Turkish: El Salvador (tr)
• Turkmen: Salwador
• Ukrainian: Сальвадо́р (uk) m (Salʹvadór)
• Urdu: ایل سیلواڈور m (ēl sālvāḍor)
• Uyghur: ئەل سالۋادور (el salwador)
• Uzbek: Salvador
• Vietnamese: En Xan-va-đo
• Volapük: Salvadorän (vo)
• Wolof: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: על סאַלוואַדאָר n (el salvador)

See also

countries in Central America (appendix)edit

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Asturian

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• salvadoreñu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl səl.βəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl səl.vəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [el sal.vaˈðoɾ]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

El Salvador m

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• salvadorenc
• salvadoreny

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Danish

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• salvadoraner
• salvadoransk

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish El Salvador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛl ˈsɑl.vaː.dɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: El Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

El Salvador n

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• San Salvador

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish El Salvador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel ˈsɑlʋɑdor/, [ˈe̞l ˈs̠ɑ̝lʋɑ̝do̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈelˌsɑlʋɑdor/, [ˈe̞lˌs̠ɑ̝lʋɑ̝do̞r]

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection of El Salvador (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		El Salvador	—
genitive		El Salvadorin	—
partitive		El Salvadoria	—
illative		El Salvadoriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		El Salvador	—
accusative	nom.	El Salvador	—
	gen.	El Salvadorin
genitive		El Salvadorin	—
partitive		El Salvadoria	—
inessive		El Salvadorissa	—
elative		El Salvadorista	—
illative		El Salvadoriin	—
adessive		El Salvadorilla	—
ablative		El Salvadorilta	—
allative		El Salvadorille	—
essive		El Salvadorina	—
translative		El Salvadoriksi	—
abessive		El Salvadoritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of El Salvador (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative El Salvadorini — accusative nom. El Salvadorini — gen. El Salvadorini genitive El Salvadorini — partitive El Salvadoriani — inessive El Salvadorissani — elative El Salvadoristani — illative El Salvadoriini — adessive El Salvadorillani — ablative El Salvadoriltani — allative El Salvadorilleni — essive El Salvadorinani — translative El Salvadorikseni — abessive El Salvadorittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative El Salvadorisi — accusative nom. El Salvadorisi — gen. El Salvadorisi genitive El Salvadorisi — partitive El Salvadoriasi — inessive El Salvadorissasi — elative El Salvadoristasi — illative El Salvadoriisi — adessive El Salvadorillasi — ablative El Salvadoriltasi — allative El Salvadorillesi — essive El Salvadorinasi — translative El Salvadoriksesi — abessive El Salvadorittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative El Salvadorimme — accusative nom. El Salvadorimme — gen. El Salvadorimme genitive El Salvadorimme — partitive El Salvadoriamme — inessive El Salvadorissamme — elative El Salvadoristamme — illative El Salvadoriimme — adessive El Salvadorillamme — ablative El Salvadoriltamme — allative El Salvadorillemme — essive El Salvadorinamme — translative El Salvadoriksemme — abessive El Salvadorittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative El Salvadorinne — accusative nom. El Salvadorinne — gen. El Salvadorinne genitive El Salvadorinne — partitive El Salvadorianne — inessive El Salvadorissanne — elative El Salvadoristanne — illative El Salvadoriinne — adessive El Salvadorillanne — ablative El Salvadoriltanne — allative El Salvadorillenne — essive El Salvadorinanne — translative El Salvadoriksenne — abessive El Salvadorittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative El Salvadorinsa — accusative nom. El Salvadorinsa — gen. El Salvadorinsa genitive El Salvadorinsa — partitive El Salvadoriaan El Salvadoriansa — inessive El Salvadorissaan El Salvadorissansa — elative El Salvadoristaan El Salvadoristansa — illative El Salvadoriinsa — adessive El Salvadorillaan El Salvadorillansa — ablative El Salvadoriltaan El Salvadoriltansa — allative El Salvadorilleen El Salvadorillensa — essive El Salvadorinaan El Salvadorinansa — translative El Salvadorikseen El Salvadoriksensa — abessive El Salvadorittaan El Salvadorittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

El Salvador n (proper noun, genitive El Salvadors or (optionally with an article) El Salvador)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of El Salvador [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	El Salvador
genitive	des	El Salvadors, El Salvador1
dative	dem	El Salvador
accusative	das	El Salvador

¹Optionally with an article.

Related terms

• salvadorianisch

Interlingua

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Italian

Proper noun

El Salvador m

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• salvadoregno

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• salvadoraner
• salvadoransk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• salvadoranar
• salvadoransk

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Salvador.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [ˈɛʊ̯ saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [ˈɛʊ̯ saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw saw.vaˈdoɾ/ [ˈɛʊ̯ saʊ̯.vaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [ˈɛʊ̯ saʊ̯.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw saw.vaˈdoɻ/ [ˈɛʊ̯ saʊ̯.vaˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [ˈɛɫ saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [ˈɛɫ saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl sal.bɐˈdoɾ/ [ˈɛɫ saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.li sal.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ˈɛ.li saɫ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

Proper noun

El Salvador m

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

   Synonym: Salvador

Usage notes

El Salvador takes a masculine definitive article o, despite el being already a masculine definitive article in Spanish. Therefore, one says "o El Salvador", "no El Salvador", and "ao El Salvador".

Derived terms

• salvadorenho

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

El Salvador n

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el salbaˈdoɾ/ [el sal.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Syllabification: El Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

El Salvador m

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)
   • 2025 March 16, Merlin Delcid, “El Salvador recibe a 238 deportados, supuestos miembros del Tren de Aragua, y los envía a la megaprisión de Bukele”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Los detenidos llegaron en un vuelo este domingo al aeropuerto internacional de El Salvador y fueron trasladados de inmediato, bajo un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad, al Centro de Confinamiento de Terrorismo, Cecot, la prisión más grande y nueva del país, con una capacidad máxima para 40.000 reos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• salvadoreño

Descendants

• → Japanese: エルサルバドル (Eru Sarubadoru)

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

El Salvador n (genitive El Salvadors)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• salvadoran
• salvadoransk
• salvadoranska

Further reading

• El Salvador in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of El Salvador

	singular
nominative	El Salvador
accusative	El Salvador'u
dative	El Salvador'a
locative	El Salvador'da
ablative	El Salvador'dan
genitive	El Salvador'un

Possessive forms of El Salvador

	singular	plural
benim (my)	El Salvador'um	El Salvadorlarım El Salvador'larım
senin (your)	El Salvador'un	El Salvadorların El Salvador'ların
onun (his/her/its)	El Salvador'u	El Salvadorları El Salvador'ları
bizim (our)	El Salvador'umuz	El Salvadorlarımız El Salvador'larımız
sizin (your)	El Salvador'unuz	El Salvadorlarınız El Salvador'larınız
onların (their)	El Salvador'u El Salvadorları El Salvador'ları	El Salvadorları El Salvador'ları

See also

countries in Central America: Orta Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Belize
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Kosta Rika
• Nikaragua
• Panama

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

El Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)